thegamezmaster Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Just hooked my C64 back up. My problem is I have several discs that have a bunch of games on them and forgot how to get a list of the games to come up so I can pick a game and play it. Can anyone help? Does anyone remember how to call up the games so they can be played? I've looked at all the manuals and could'nt find anything. Thanks for any help someone can give me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 LOAD"$",8 <RETURN> LIST B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Man that's hard to type on a PC So use to hitting "SHIFT 2" to make quotation mark A lot of my disk have a menu on them as well. LOAD"$",8 will show you the disk contents though. This link my help you in the future http://homestead.vcsweb.com/content/c64-survival-guide B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I've a few that use: LOAD"MENU",8,1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) I remember quite a few had thier menu program as the first program on the disk, so LOAD "*",8,1 ..would get it loaded... Didn't some of the fast load carts have a shortcut for disk menu? I didn't own one BITD, but borrowed one once.. :-( desiv Edited July 20, 2011 by desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Some of those multi-game disks had a FAST-LOAD built in, but you still needed the menu to load it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Thanks for all the helpful info and link. It really makes things easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 One last load command I'll share: LOAD"!",8,1 I have 2 disks that use that one. Using LOAD"*",8,1 actually just tells it to load 1st file on disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Tried the LOAD"$",8 then list. the list of games comes up but can't get any to run. Tried using the run command after it says the game I want is loaded but can't get the game to play. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Tried the LOAD"$",8 then list. the list of games comes up but can't get any to run. Tried using the run command after it says the game I want is loaded but can't get the game to play. Any suggestions? Sometimes there's a boot program that then loads and runs the game. It'll be a small program usually right above the game you want to play. EX: Moon.boot might load Moon Patrol on one of mine. You'd have to give me a list of what you see exactly or a very good screenshot of your disk directory for further help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Thanks that did the trick. Now got a bunch of discs I've been waited to try. Thanks everyone for all the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) Load"$",8 (hit return and you will get a listing on the disk of programs and games) ------------------------- 0 "TEST DISK " 23 2A 20 "DONKEY KONG" PRG 31 "TROLLS" PRG 3 "etc" PRG 641 BLOCKS FREE. ------------------------- If you want to run Donkey Kong you would do this (the asterisk or wildcard loads the first PRG in the directory listing!): Load"*",8,1 Load"*",8 (and type run and hit return if you omit the 1) or Load"Donkey*",8,1 Load"Donkey*",8 Load"Donkey Kong",8,1 Load"Donkey Ko*",8 If you want to run trolls you cannot use the wildcard by itself: Load"Trolls",8,1 Load"Trolls",8 Load"Trol*",8 Using the wildcard sometimes may not work. If all else fails type the whole name out. Hackers would create menu's for pirated games. I rarely used them. Try and load them on your own. Edited August 11, 2011 by cimerians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Load"$",8 (hit return and you will get a listing on the disk of programs and games) Hit return and you have loaded the directory into memory. Then type: list (and hit return again to see the directory you loaded) desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Load"$",8 (hit return and you will get a listing on the disk of programs and games) Hit return and you have loaded the directory into memory. Then type: list (and hit return again to see the directory you loaded) desiv Oops forgot LIST Been a while.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 (edited) Thanks everyone for all the input on this problem for me. It's all been invaluable and can't thank everyone enough. Does anyone know where I can get replacement discs for peripherals for the 64 that I have the device but not the disc that's supposed to "run" it. Two I have are a Commodore 1581 disc drive and a cart called Super 1750 Clone. I can't get them to do anything. Thanks Edited August 22, 2011 by thegamezmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Thanks everyone for all the input on this problem for me. It's all been invaluable and can't thank everyone enough. Does anyone know where I can get replacement discs for peripherals for the 64 that I have the device but not the disc that's supposed to "run" it. Two I have are a Commodore 1581 disc drive and a cart called Super 1750 Clone. I can't get them to do anything. Thanks A 1581 doesn't need a boot disk of any kind, it functions like any other Commodore drive. The only things to be aware of are that it doesn't like DS/HD disks (just like any other DS/DD drive) and the device number, which is set by the jumpers at the back of the drive, might've been set to something other than 8 since most users tended to have these units further up the serial chain - try loading a directory from device 8, then 9, 10 and 11 to see where it is and don't change the jumpers without powering the drive down first! =-) Anything that supports a 1750 will spot and offer to use it, some of the more recent jewel cracks by Remember and Nostalgia will load into expansion RAM and the Nostalgia version of Toki in particular needs a 1750 to run as originally designed (it started life as a cartridge and relied on fast bank switching). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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